1971 Topps #747 N.L. Pitchers Rookie Stars - Al Severinsen / Scipio Spinks / Balor Moore
On this card: Al Severinsen, Scipio Spinks, Balor Moore
About this card
This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
The story on this card
A six-player deal on December 1, 1970, sent Severinsen, Enzo Hernandez, Tom Phoebus and Fred Beene to the Padres for Pat Dobson and Tom Dukes. He pitched in 30 of San Diego's first 56 games in 1971. He finished 2-5 with a 3.47 ERA. Card #747 in the sixth series, a Rookie Stars issue, pairs him with Scipio Spinks of the Astros and Balor Moore of the Expos. Al Severinsen was a Brooklyn-born right-handed reliever from Long Island who pitched for the 1969 Baltimore Orioles and the 1971-72 San Diego Padres before settling in Mystic, Connecticut.
Back at Oklahoma City in 1971, Spinks struck out 173 in 133 innings. He then made five September appearances for Houston, three of them starts, going 1-0 with a 3.68 ERA. His first big-league win came September 6 at Atlanta, a 6-4 complete game in which he survived a three-run homer by Earl Williams. Card #747, a Rookie Stars card, pairs him with Al Severinsen of the Padres and Balor Moore of the Expos, with Spinks printed with the Astros. Chicago-born right-hander with the Astros and Cardinals from 1969 to 1973, known for a Northern League record 20-strikeout game in 1966 and a fastball that put him among the National League strikeout leaders in 1972.
Moore is the third name on Rookie Stars card #747, a trio from three clubs: Al Severinsen with the Padres, Scipio Spinks with the Astros and Moore with the Expos. It is the sixth-series issue and Moore's rookie card. It followed his 1970 trial, when he pitched 9 2/3 innings in six games and went 0-2 with a 7.45 ERA. Left-hander Balor Moore, the Expos' first draft pick in 1969, pitched 1970-80 for Montreal, California and Toronto. He struck out 161 batters in 1972, then never regained that form after elbow surgery, finishing 28-48.
Sources: Wikipedia (Al Severinsen) · Wikipedia (Scipio Spinks) · Wikipedia (Balor Moore) · SABR BioProject (Al Severinsen) · SABR BioProject (Scipio Spinks) · BaseballCardPedia
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 554 | 1 | 18 | 226 | 213 | 60 | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| SGC | 36 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Related cards
Team cards: #482 San Diego Padres, #722 Houston Astros, #674 Montreal Expos
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- #18 Norm Miller
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1971 Topps #747 card?
It is card #747 of the 752-card 1971 Topps Baseball set, picturing Al Severinsen, Scipio Spinks and Balor Moore. This is one of the 44 Rookie Stars cards in the 1971 Topps set, each carrying two or three players under a club, league or position title. All 44 count as rookie cards.
Is 1971 Topps #747 a rookie card?
Yes - #747 is the rookie card of Balor Moore. Al Severinsen and Scipio Spinks had already appeared on earlier Topps cards, so it is not their rookie card.
Why is #747 harder to find?
It is a high number card from the sixth and last print series, #644-752 - the scarce end of the set. Some of its cards were printed in larger numbers than others, so scarcity varies card by card inside the run.
How many cards are in the 1971 Topps Baseball set?
752 cards, tracked as 761 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 752 with none skipped, issued in six print series (132/131/130/130/120/109 cards), the sixth (#644-752) the high numbers; seven cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - the #42, #265 and #306 photo pairs and the #123, #206, #369 and #619 checklists, #369 and #619 in three printings each.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA (its price guide, master set registry and set article), BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.